what i want

So, been eating (relatively) well for at least 2 weeks now.

But I am so so so craving the following:

* coke
* a cheeseburger
* ice cream

MUST RESIST!

But it's the weekend tomorrow, I don't know how strong I can be :(

Detox?

I think I am detoxing to some degree.. Waking up with headaches, but I suppose it could be cos I have been working nights, not enough sleep and just GO GO GO!!! these past few weeks.

Week Two Review

Two weeks gone! Week Three already. Crazy.

How did it go?
I think overall pretty good... considering my crazy hunger on Thursday! Saturday I also had a (much needed!) sleep in, so didn't eat my first meal till nearly 11. Then I had a LM at 2, then dinner at 5... then I went out with friends, so of course by 8 I was HUNGRY!! I ended up having a cocktail :( I know I said I was going to give up! But I suppose slow steps!! When I got home I ended up eating chicken and fruit.

I managed to do more exercise too, which, yay for me!

Meals
36/42 -That's about 85% compliance!! Hells yeah. So I had a few slip ups, but hey it's only week two, I consider this 'score' pretty good for something I am just starting!

Exercise
12 points.
Woot woot! 5 times of exercise this week (3 ICE sessions). I probably could go harder in them if I am totally honest though?

Weight
129.7. 500g loss! Not huge.. But hey it's going down right? :)

Meal Plan - Dinners

My dinner food plan for the week - I tend not to 'plan' the other meals cos breakfasts will either be egg white omlette/veggies or yoghurt and protein powder + fruit + flaxseed. Lunch will either be leftovers from dinner or tuna + salad. And I make 2 LMs to take as my morning and afternoon meals.

I tend to only plan the week out to Thursday, Friday I decide what I want that day so I can get fresh ingredients :)

Saturday
Chicken Salad

Sunday
Roast Beef and Vegetables - Carrot, Pumpkin and White Sweet Potato

Monday
Savoury Mince and Cauliflower Mash

Tuesday
Garlic Chicken Rissoles and Spicy Bean Mix (kidney beans, onion, capsicum, chilli etc)

Wednesday
Creamy Mushroom Pasta - the hubby really wanted a creamy pasta. I found a recipe to make alfredo sauce from boiling cauliflower and then pureeing it, so that will be the sauce - totally healthy since it has no cream, butter, flour etc! For me I will go light on the pasta, and will also have some leftover chicken rissoles.

Thursday
Salmon, Asparagus and Broccoli.

'Sup!

Got my supplements today!!

Do-Not

A co-worker brought in some donuts today. Oh they looked so so tempting! But I resisted. Victory! :D

hunger

So been running around like a crazy person these past few days, been pretty tired. And the weather has been super hot which adds to the tiredness factor.

Yesterday I get home, I did mean to do an ice session but I felt so tired. Then I felt soo hungry :/ First I made with frozen pineapple, protein powder and flaxseed a sorbet kinda thing. It was delicious... but I was still starving.. so I end up eating (air popped) popcorn.. still hungry... ate an apple dipping it into nutella :( Oh my gosh, so so naughty of me!!

I think I know why I was starving..

Breakfast was nearly 9am.. then I was busy at meetings, so didn't drink my morning LM. Instead had it midday.. then ate my lunch (tuna salad) pretty much right away.. then had a LM at 230... So I guess by 5pm my body was hungry but dinner would be served till 730 or so.

So I think my lesson is .. try eat breakfast at home/earlier so I can spread my meals out appropriately and not get hungry 'waiting' for my next meal.

Temptations

So Monday I had 6 MP... Tuesday I had 5... then mum bought some Krispy Kreme doughnuts! So, out went the 6th MP meal and into my belly 2 delicious doughnuts.

I did regret it though. I wanted a tick on my sheet! But didn't get it.

The following day I made a delicious LM with mango and pineapple as the main flavours - it was soo tasty! I was licking the shaker haha. For something that is so much healthier for you, I enjoyed it much more than the doughnuts.

I am hoping the less I consume sugar over this time, when I do eat it, it will appeal less and less. As I know sugar is one of my main downfalls!

Week One Review

So one week down! 11 to go. At the end of each week I will do a review of how I felt I did, my exercise and food and (I can't believe I am going to do this...) weight.

How did it go?
This was only the starting week, so I am still learning the system and also trying to adapt my kitchen and preparation for meals. One thing I definitely need to work on is the exercise! I guess I could have been more prepared when going to the movies and not succumbed to eating popcorn and the like :| but I figure my resolve will get stronger as the weeks progress.

Meals
17/42 - Not the best, but the first few days of the week I barely ate any MP meals - not that I was eating unhealthy either but it just didn't contain 1 part of a MP meal, so it doesn't get a 'tick'. You can definitely see as the week went on my number of meals increased. My bad weekend didn't help things though!

Exercise
8 points.
Since I have PT twice a week, I will always get a minimum of 6 points. So as you can see, I only did one extra session this week. This week I hopefully can get more exercise done!

Weight
Weighed this morning 130.2. So I didn't weigh myself at home at the start of this challenge. My trainer weighed me the previous week and I was 133.something. And I recall maybe weighing myself a month or so ago at home and was around 133 as well. So.. maybe I have lost 3kg? But I can't be for certain since I am not sure of the accuracy of my scales vs the gym scales. Will see how this tracks next week.

Weekend debauchery!

So... doing this MP stuff can be hard. Yes it is only the beginning! But the weekend rolls around and there are just so many temptations!

So Friday was Valentines Day. Off to dinner and MP is thrown out the window. Then twice I went to the movies, so some not so wise choices there :(

But I am going to try not beat myself up over it, I spent a lot of Saturday doing shopping and prepping food for the coming week, so I am going to try my very best to have 6 MP meals a day, and also to up the exercise this week too.

Weird Breakfast!

So it's nearing the end of week one and I have been trying for my main meals to make them a proper MP meal. But my fridge is looking a bit scarce.

So I whipped up... egg white omelette. Stewed a granny smith apple in water with some cinnamon. Put on top of omelette with a small drizzle of honey plus a scoop of flax meal...

I am hoping this is MP sound! It actually tastes pretty good. Still getting the hang of it :)

Goals

Part of the challenge is to set yourself some goals. They have to be measurable goals, not just 'I want to lose weight/get fit'.

I am trying hard to think of goals that I want to achieve.

So far I have:
1. Lost 6% body fat
2. Exercise 5 days a week.

I am not really sure about 2 - should that be something I should be doing anyway, and not a goal? I don't know what I should put for a third goal. We have to complete our goals by next week's session. I have some thinking to do!

Welcome

So my PT convinced me to join this 12 week challenge they are running. It is based on the Metabolic Precision program. I had a bit of a google around before I joined to see if I could find any information about it (apart from their own promotional material).  Found a few forum posts of people inquiring about it but most of the replies were 'why bother, you can learn that info free elsewhere'.

But I was at the point where I had enough of the stage I had gotten my body to, so I took the plunge to join the challenge. When I first started reading the manual and how you are meant to 'eat' it reminded me a little bit of The Gabriel Method which is another diet/lifestyle/whatever you call it thing I had read and tried to a few years back. But hopefully I can stay on track this time with the MP program.

I have created this blog as I wanted to try document this process, because if it is successful, hopefully it can show other people who are wanting to this program that it does work and it can be done and they can see someone's journey on the challenge!